KGB on GNA: I’m scared to send my child to school (with poll)

Four of the people who died in the school shooting in Florida on February 14, 2018.

Following the school shooting in Florida on Wednesday, I posted to Facebook asking how I can get past the fear I feel sending my child to school each day — or, frankly, sending my children out into the world.

Like so many, I cried watching the events unfold in Parkland, Fl. and have obsessively watched — and read — just about every article and video I’ve come across.

Rationally, I know schools prepare for this (my daughter has done drills in her preschool). I also know her teachers and the staff at her school are absolutely incredible and care about and watch out for those children each and every day. But I struggle to be rational, in this case.

That’s what we talked about on yesterday’s KGB on GNA segment just after 8 a.m. on WGNA 107.7.

Listen below then take the poll below the video.

Parents/guardians, in wake of the school shootings, do you feel anxious sending your children to school?

19 Responses

I can honestly see homeschool becoming more popular because of how “normal” and frequently these school shootings are occurring. It’s freighting that this is becoming normal! There’s already been 18 this year. Sad.

There have NOT been 18 school shootings this year. I understand that you heard/read that, but its simply not true and the media is just as responsible for spreading this misinformation. People believe EVERYTHING and ANYTHING they hear. Please but a little more selective with info that you share.

this happens with my own mother – I talk to her and she says ” did you hear trump is going to hang everyone with a z in their name” or something just as ridiculous = she is in he mid 60’s and certainly not crazy – she just watches to much tv and facebook and cant tell whats a scam anymore.

statistically you are still more likely to die 1000 other ways then being shot in a mass shooting.

STOP saying “assault rifle” – it. is not. by definition
STOP saying ” the 2A was written before we had these guns” etc If the 2A, as written, doesnt cover these times – than the 1A doesnt cover radio, tv, internet, or newspapers. Cant have it both ways.
START learning what it is you want to stop (people getting killed) and ways to get that done – saying “we need more laws” isnt going to get us anywhere and you lose the other side when you dont know what your talking about. If you dont know the difference between a magazine and a clip or a AR15 and a M16, then I dont want you deciding what I can own or not.

One school shooting is too many, but don’t fall for the fake 18 shootings this year. It’s a lie. They get that number by including anything gun related that happens within 1/2 a mile of a school. One example is that a BB gun was found near a school and they called that a gun incident. Another was a shooting near a school, had nothing to do with students, but added it to the list because it was near the school. Again, one is too many, but don’t let the “stats” fool you. This has been going on for far too long and it needs to stop. Parents need to be parents and stop being friends with their children. It all starts at home.

I will always worry about my children, but I can’t let fear rule me or them. I have to teach them to be responsible, aware and how to react in a situation like this. Then I pray that my children are given the opportunity to live a long, fulfilling life.

I think some high school student out there should organize a nationwide strike. Given the ubiquity of social media, this sort of thing is possible in a way it wouldn’t have been in the past. Students all over the country could refuse to go to school until our POS congress does something about guns. Also I think it’s time to renew the debate about mental health and institutionalization. The lives lost in an incident like the most recent one were worth much more than the freedom of this creepy loon. He should have been committed long ago.

Every time I hear a reporter say (again and again) “President Trump made no mention of gun control” , I think “and you made no mention of God”.
In addition to the good ideas posted here so far, our contemporary depressed and suicidal children need to be at least generally taught about “positive spirituality”. If you are nervous about specific religions, at least provide them, as a group, some sort of educational alternative to today’s emptiness and negativity.

I too struggle with this fear. It literally keeps me up at night sometimes. I have two small children, one of which just started Kindergarten this past year. It’s completely terrifying that you can raise a smart, sweet child and if that child is in the wrong place at the wrong time it’s simply beyond our control. I understand why people want to home school their children to shield them from the awful things in today’s world. Unfortunately that isn’t going to produce the change that we need. I’m not a political person…like …at all…but the sad reality is that nothing will change until we change the gun laws to make it tougher for kids or anyone to simply purchase a gun. Also, in many of these awful stories, someone raised a concern about the shooter at some point and that was ignored.